Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni, (born 25 September 1950) is a Brazilian

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who last coached

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club

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. He was born in

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, Minas Gerais state. He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to introduce the libero position in Brazilian football. He used the 3–5–2 scheme during the

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, but it was a failure, and

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was eliminated in the second round by

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. When he was the Brazil national team head coach, in 35 matches, he won 21, drew seven and lost seven. He helped Brazil win the

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in 1989, the team's first Copa América title in 39 years. He is also known for his being the head coach of Turkish club Fenerbahçe that ended the 40-year undefeated European home record of

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in the

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match in 1996.Sebastião Lazaroni
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, but was ultimately fired four months later as a result of the team's unimpressive performances. The QFA highlighted his failure to advance past the group stage of the

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, which Qatar had hosted, as a main cause of his sacking. His record with the team ended with two wins, five draws and two losses. He was officially sacked on January 3, 2012 after his contract was released by QFA. Lazaroni was last in charge of

for the third time in his career following spells with the

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based club between 2008–2011 and 2012–2014. His third spell ended in disappointment and he was dismissed in May 2016 after the club's relegation from

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

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: 1986

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: 1987, 1988 Al-Hilal *

Saudi Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

: 1995

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: 2002

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: 2009 *

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: 2014

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* FA Super Cup: 1999

International

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

: 1989

Individual

South American Coach of the Year The South American Coach of the Year ( es, Entrenador del año en Sudamérica) is an annual association football award presented to the best coach of a club or national team in South America over the previous calendar year. The award has been prese ...

: 1989 *Qatar Coach of the Year: 2009

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